After walking around Barnes&Noble one day, I saw a copy of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (and later Ellery Queen Mystery magazine). By reading...
When I lived in France (studying abroad), I would have conversations with my host dad (who spoke French and English)... and sometimes I would go...
So Klein gives five criteria for deciding what age group a book belongs to, and I only paraphrased one because it was the most applicable to OP's...
There's a great book by Cheryl B. Klein (The Magic Words) that goes over this very question. I'll paraphrase a bit -- Klein says that short of...
I was going to mention Game of Thrones as well, but another example is the Harry Potter series. There are plenty of characters across the seven...
I do this all the time! I'll think of different ways an argument could have gone, or just how a conversation in general could have been different....
I read your entire post not knowing who Shirley Jackson was until you mentioned The Lottery. How wonderful to find out that such an amazing woman...
I've bought the two most recent copies of WD... I think they're interesting to read for the information on publishers. The tips on writing aren't...
I tend to skip words, too. It's more like I use snippets of sentences and skip from one thought to the next without stopping to form something...
So how do you think? In words (like a monologue), in images, in impressions or feelings, in daydreams? Do you write down your every thought or do...
holy cow, you're really going for it! Be sure to update us on your progress. That's a great first step to return to writing. Keeping clear goals...
Thank you, everyone, for welcoming me to the community. I've already poked around the website and I'm really enjoying the positive vibe I see...
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